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Actor Arashi Hinasuke I as the Wrestler Tatsugadake


大阪や長右衛門 叶雛助 初代嵐雛助
Ryûkôsai Jokei (Japanese, active 1770s–1809)
Japanese
Edo period
1792 (Kansei 4), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.6 x 14.4 cm (12 7/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6298
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mann, Sixty Years (2021), #155; Gerstle & Yano, Ryûkôsai zuroku (2009), #26a; Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 87
DescriptionThe date of 1792 follows Kitagawa; Gerstle and Yano suggest late 1793 instead, and Mann follows that dating.

Play: Miyako Kiyomizu Yogaichô
Theater: Naka
花洛清水夜開帳(みやこきよみずよがいちょう)

Signed Unsigned
無款
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.